Category: festivals

By BROOKE STAGGS | Marijuana festival organizers were banking on this to be their biggest year yet, now that recreational cannabis is legal in California and the state is legitimizing such events by licensing them for the first time. Promoters say they planned to stop operating under the loose protections of the…

Nigeria Reggae Festival is Fashioned to use music to preach peace, love, and unity among Nigerians and Africans in the diaspora because reggae music has established its self as a brand that promotes peace, love, and unity. More so, reggae music will be used as a tool to eradicate Xenophobic attack…

Nightlife has long been synonymous with alcohol – but party planners can’t assume any booze-friendly event will work as well with cannabis Alex Halperin Coco Ono, wearing only hot pants and pot-leaf pasties, prepared an overstuffed and dripping peanut butter sandwich and suggestively ate it on stage. In front of…

By: Matt Charnock Celebrate cannabis culture with a solid music lineup, art, speakers, and pot galore in its latest innovations at the world’s largest cannabis competition and expo. Cannabis has shifted from a psychoactive drug enjoyed from time to time in recreational fashions to a medical necessity for many. Capable…

BY: Abby Luschei 10 of the coolest things to find at The Hemp and Cannabis Fair, held on Nov. 4 and 5 at the Oregon State Fair Grounds and Exposition Center. Abby Luschei (Photo: Statesman Journal) As Jonah Hill once said, “Weed is tight.” Marijuana took the spotlight at The Hemp…

By Roberto Acosta VIENNA TWP, MI — Nearly a dozen musical acts spanning a range of genres are set to perform at the upcoming High Times Cannabis Cup at Auto City Speedway in Genesee County. The lineups for the Sept. 9-10 event at the race track in Vienna Township features rap duo Method…

New marijuana-enhanced events have cropped up across the state, but most are boring at best. We found one that took an entirely new approach. I knew the edibles were kicking in when I felt the mountain move. “Can you feel the ground pushing back up against your legs?” the woman…

BY ANGELA HART Legalized adult use of marijuana in California is fueling widespread investment and real estate speculation that could make cannabis king crop in wine country. The grapevines that line rolling hillsides and sweeping valleys in Northern California’s wine country have become iconic – a symbol of the region’s…

(Picture: Jamie Mikaela) Weddings should be a celebration of your true loves. And if one of those includes smoking pot, then you’re in luck. Because the newly opened International Church of Cannabis is now starting to perform weed weddings. The Denver-based ‘Elevationist’ church which opened on 4/20 has just announced that…

It’s 420 — so whether you’re taking your first puff of ganja or rolling a dub like an expert pothead, here are eight things to do while stoned on marijuana’s unofficial national holiday. You’re welcome. 1. Watch a movie. You can go one of two routs with this one: either…